Model Validation Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Model Validation
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Model Validation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Model Validation over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 390 560 642
Rank change year-on-year +170 +82 +65
Permanent jobs citing Model Validation 7 32 31
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.047% 0.095% 0.073%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.050% 0.10% 0.075%
Number of salaries quoted 5 16 8
10th Percentile £70,039 £47,500 -
25th Percentile £70,097 £53,125 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,991 £58,750 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year +22.54% +20.51% -39.06%
75th Percentile £73,886 £72,433 £64,688
90th Percentile - - £86,250
UK median annual salary £67,500 £70,576 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.36% +8.58% -18.75%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Model Validation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,930 31,014 41,082
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.15% 91.65% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 9,709 23,583 28,561
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,930 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

Model Validation
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Model Validation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Model Validation trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Model Validation
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Model Validation.

Model Validation salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Model Validation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) GCP
1 4 (57.14%) Vertex AI
General
1 6 (85.71%) Finance
2 5 (71.43%) Banking
3 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (28.57%) Legal
4 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Senior
2 4 (57.14%) Data Scientist
2 4 (57.14%) Senior Data Scientist
3 3 (42.86%) Analyst
3 3 (42.86%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (28.57%) Product Analyst
4 2 (28.57%) Risk Analyst
4 2 (28.57%) Senior Risk Analyst
5 1 (14.29%) Qualitative Analyst
5 1 (14.29%) Quantitative Analyst
5 1 (14.29%) Senior Quantitative Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (57.14%) Pandas
1 4 (57.14%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Data Structures
2 2 (28.57%) Derivative
2 2 (28.57%) Market Risk
2 2 (28.57%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (14.29%) Credit Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Validation
2 6 (85.71%) Decision-Making
3 5 (71.43%) Econometrics
4 4 (57.14%) Artificial Intelligence
4 4 (57.14%) Data Pipeline
4 4 (57.14%) Data Science
4 4 (57.14%) Data Validation
4 4 (57.14%) Decision Tree
4 4 (57.14%) Generative AI
4 4 (57.14%) Gradient Boosting
4 4 (57.14%) Machine Learning
4 4 (57.14%) Mentoring
4 4 (57.14%) Random Forest
4 4 (57.14%) Statistical Analysis
4 4 (57.14%) Statistical Modelling
5 3 (42.86%) Analytics
6 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (28.57%) Due Diligence
6 2 (28.57%) Financial Analysis
6 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (14.29%) MATLAB
2 1 (14.29%) R
2 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Degree
2 2 (28.57%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) Data Quality
2 2 (28.57%) Accessibility
3 1 (14.29%) IFRS
3 1 (14.29%) IFRS 9
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft